Full Text of HR1336 094th General Assembly
HR1336 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Rev. Henry | 4 |
| Nicholson on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as pastor of | 5 |
| Truelight Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Nicholson is a native of East St. Louis and | 7 |
| is a graduate of Lincoln High School; he holds a B.A. from | 8 |
| American Baptist College and a divinity degree from Eden | 9 |
| Theological Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed as an instructor in the Theology | 11 |
| Department of St. Louis University and authored a book on New | 12 |
| Testament theology, published in 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Nicholson served on the Illinois State Human | 14 |
| Relations Commission and the Coalition for Good Government | 15 |
| Church Involvement Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, During his 1983 campaign for mayor of East St. | 17 |
| Louis, he organized a new political party called "Recovery" | 18 |
| with a platform advocating casino gambling; his vision for | 19 |
| "Recovery", was aimed to provide a major tourist attraction for | 20 |
| economic development that would create jobs and generate | 21 |
| revenue for the city; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Nicholson was a member of Theta Alpha Epsilon | 23 |
| Honor Society at American Baptist College; he received a Merit | 24 |
| Award for Devotion to the Principles of the Equality of Man | 25 |
| from the Illinois-Wisconsin States Association-I.B.P.O.E.W. | 26 |
| and the Man of the Year Award from the Pro-8 Club; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been a member of Truelight Baptist Church | 28 |
| since childhood and has been pastor since 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Nicholson is married to Evelyn June Tantype, | 2 |
| and they two daughters and one son, Scarlet, Octavia, and | 3 |
| Corwin, and a grandson, Chancellor; in his spare time, Rev. | 4 |
| Nicholson enjoys table tennis, dancing, and fishing; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate Rev. Henry Nicholson on the occasion of his | 9 |
| 50th anniversary as pastor of Truelight Baptist Church; and be | 10 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Rev. Nicholson as an expression of our esteem.
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